Program: Biology / Botany / Zoology - The University of Maine - Acalog ACMS™ Return to: Majors and Minors The School of Biology and Ecology offers both BA and BS degrees in Biology, in Botany, and in Zoology.
For more information about areas of specialization and for an overview of our facilities, cooperative programs, and list of faculty in the School of Biology and Ecology, see our web site www.sbe.umaine.edu/ Students choosing Botany, Biology, or Zoology as a second major must complete the second major by selecting courses in Areas I-V that are not being used to satisfy the requirements of their first major. Students majoring in Botany, Biology, or Zoology are not eligible for a minor or second major in one of these majors because of extensive overlap in the requirements for these degrees.
Students majoring in Botany, Biology, or Zoology must earn a score of 4 or 5 in order to receive advanced placement credit for BIO 100. Wood betony ~ stachys officinalis/betonica officinalis. ~:photo by Janina Holubecki of High Weald:~ wood betony stachy officinalis (betonica officinalis) Wood Betony was once one of the most revered of herbal medicines... there was indeed a common saying that one had "as many virtues as Betony" and Colonial herbalist John Sauer wrote that "there is no illness brought on by cold in which Betony cannot be administered effectively.
" Today, however, it is generally an obscurity, used by few and seldom available to the general public by way of health food stores. This is a great tragedy, for I have found it to be one of the most useful herbs available in addressing a number of common but pernicious maladies. I first used Betony for a friend who suffered a closed head injury in a car accident. I have since found that Betony is excellent for headaches of all sorts (tension and migraine alike), and beyond that have seen it to act in a decidedly restorative manner. In regards to "how Betony works", there are likely myriad factors at play. Wood Betony Herb Benefits. Betony was a herb well known and used by early American settlers, "There is no illness brought by cold in which betony cannot be administered effectively," wrote the Colonial American herbalist John Sauer Many extravagant superstitions grew up round Betony, one, of very ancient date, was that serpents would fight and kill each other if placed within a ring composed of it; and others declared that even wild beasts recognized its efficacy and used it if wounded, and that stags, if wounded with a dart, would search out Betony, and, eating it, be cured.
Betony was endowed with power against evil spirits. On this account, it was carefully planted in churchyards and hung about the neck as an amulet or charm, sanctifying, as Erasmus tells us, 'those that carried it about them,' and being also 'good against fearful visions' and an efficacious means of 'driving away devils and despair. The Eupatorium Story; Joe Pye Weed, Boneset and White Snakeroot-Part One « Blog – Northeast School of Botanical Medicine. Boneset (Eupatrium perfoliatum, white flowered) and Joe pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum, purple-flowered) This blog highlights the genus Eupatorium.
Why Eupatorium? First, there is a story involved (isn’t there always?). Second, I think the genus Eupatorium and the name changes it has gone through are useful teaching devices to learn more about botanical names. Third, to help sort out the medicinal actions of this group of plants. For this article, I am going to focus on the Eupatorium species that are the most relevant to herbalists. A note on the word Eupatorium. Here’s where it gets interesting (dare I say, ironic). My Story Here is the story behind my interest in these plants. 7Song and Joe pye weed (E. purpureum) finally, after many years of looking. I hear folks occasionally call various Joe pye weeds, Eupatorium purpureum, which are not (see Botany section below). This story now moves to the Ozarks where I was driving along a dirt back road with a couple of students.
College of Pharmacy. The UIC Botanical Center is a research and training center, supporting the development of doctorate level scientists who have and will continue to contribute to this area of study.
The Graduate Program provides opportunities for those interested in developing a career in the field of natural products research also known as Pharmacognosy. Graduates work in a variety of positions within the pharmaceutical industry, at ethical drug and natural products companies, as well as governmental regulatory and research agencies and not-for-profit associations. Click on the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy link for more information about training programs. Dorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden The UIC Botanical Center is grateful to Dr. Robert A. UIC Botanical Center botanist Dr.
More Information about The Dorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant GardenSome botanicals from the the UIC Botanical Center portfolio: Requirements for a Career in Botany.